Sudeep Sen's Awards, Readings & Events

[taken from Sudeep Sen: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook by Kwame Dawes (University of South Carolina, 1996)]

i.   Residencies / Visitorships / Conferences / Festivals

ii.  Literay Awards / Fellowships / Scholarships / Grants

iii. Readings

RESIDENCIES / VISITORSHIPS / CONFERENCES / FESTIVALS 

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International Poet-in-Residence, The Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh (Winter 1992/93) 

Visiting Writer, University of South Carolina (1994)

Visiting Writer, University of York/Open University (Summers of 1994,95,96)

Visiting Scholar, Harvard University (Spring 1995)

Invited Writer, Tenth Triennial ACLALS Conference, Colombo (August 1995)

Writer-in-Residence, American College, Athens (October 1995)

Visiting Writer, Universities of Zaragoza & Oviedo, Spain (April 1995)

Visiting Writer, University of Konstanz, Germany (September 1996)

Visiting Writer, University of Texas at San Antonio & University of South Carolina at Columbia (October/November 1997)

Writing Fellow, Hawthornden Castle, Scotland (Sept 1998)

Invited Author, Broomhill Literary Festival (1999)

Featured Poet, Struga Poetry Festival, Macedonia (August 1999 & 2000)

Guadalupe Writers Festival, USA (2000)

Featured Poet, Vilenica Poetry Festival, Slovenia (2000)

International Invited Writer, Sisarang Summer Poetry Festival, Korea (2001). 

LITERARY AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS 

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Numerous creative writing awards from various universities in India and from Delhi University (1983-86) at inter-college national festivals

Vereen Bell runners-up award for creative writing at Davidson College in 1987 (USA)

Working Scholarship in poetry at the 1989 Bread Loaf Writers Conference (USA)

Runners-up prize in the British Council/Poetry Society of India National Poetry Competition (1991 and 1997)

Faber & Faber poetry grant from the Arvon Foundation, Barnet Poetry Prize (UK)

Postmarked India: New Selected Poems (HarperCollins) was awarded the Hawthornden Fellowship (UK) & nominated for a Pushcart Prize (USA)

and many others. 

READINGS 

Sudeep Sen has given over 250 readings from his work worldwide at numerous universities, colleges, bookshops, literary & arts festival, conferences, and, on radio & television. Some selected highlights include: 

        Asia & The Indian Subcontinent 

INDIA: 

(in New Delhi)

India International Centre

The British Council

Sahitya Akademi

University of Delhi

All India Radio

(in Calcuttai)

Conclave

Sahitya Akademi

(in Bombay)

National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA)

The British Council

The Indian PEN

Poetry Circle

University of Bombay

St Xavier's College

Crossword Bookshop

Doordarshan Television 

(in Orissa)

Utkal University

 Ravenshaw College

(in Hyderabad)

University of Hyderabad

(in Kerala)

Nila Kavya Mela at the Kalamandalam Festival.
 
SRI LANKA: 

Tenth Triennial ACLALS Conference (Colombo). 

BANGLADESH: 

(all in Dhaka)

The British Council

University of Dhaka

The Indian High Commission

Bengal Gallery

Channel 'i' Television

ATN Bangla Television

Ekushey TV 

NEPAL: 

Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu). 

KOREA:

Sisarang Summer Poetry Festival (Wonju & Seoul).


        United States of America

(in New York City)

Columbia University

KGB Bar Reading Series

York Institute

Hunter College

WFLV Radio

AsiaNet TV

ITV

Poets & Writers Studio International

(in Cambridge & Boston)

Harvard University

Bunting Institute

Radcliff College

Rhode Island College

(in California)

 University of California at Berkeley

 Foothill College

UC Santa Barbara

(in Vermont)

Middlesbury College

(in North Carolina)

Davidson College

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

(in Virginia)

Hollins College

(in New Jersey)

Barnes & Noble Bookshop

Rutgers University

Montclair State University

Passaic College

(in Texas)

University of Texas at San Antonio

Guadalupe Literary Festival

Trinity College 

(in South Carolina)

Open Bookshop

University of South Carolina

        United Kingdom 

ENGLAND: 

(in London)

Royal Festival Hall / South Bank Centre, 

Commonwealth Institute, 

Nehru Centre of the Indian High Commission, 

Troubadour, 

Torriano, 

Approach, 

Lauterdale House, 

Battersea Arts Centre, 

Institute of Commonwealth Studies,

Queen Mary & Westfield College, 

King's College 

Writers Festival, Cambridge University (Cambridge)

Morden Tower (Newcastle)

Arvon Foundation (Totleigh Barton & Lumb Bank)

Universities of Kent, Hull, London, Sussex, York, and, Open University

Broomhill Literary Festival (Devon)

BBC Radio

SKY Television. 

SCOTLAND: 

(in Edinburgh) 

Edinburgh International Book Festival

Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrew; 

Edinburgh Fling Festival, Netherbow Theatre

Amnesty International Festival

BBC Radio Scotland

The Scottish Poetry Library

Glasgow School of Art

BBC Radio Glasgow

Ceilidh Place, Ullapool. 

IRELAND: 

Poetry Ireland / Irish Writers Centre, Dublin

Radio Dublin. 

        Continental Europe & The Middle East 

GERMANY: University of Konstanz; and, University of Berlin. 

GREECE: Athens University, and, Deree College & American College in Athens. 

MACEDONIA: Struga Poetry Festival; Skopje Museum

SPAIN: Universities of Zaragoza, and, Oviedo. 

SLOVENIA: Vilenica Poetry Festival 

FRANCE: University of Nice.

ISRAEL: Jerusalem International Poets' Festival; Israel Radio.

MACEDONIA: Struga International Poetry Festival; Skopje Museum.

ROMANIA: Curtea de Arges Poetry Festival.

        Africa 

EGYPT: 

Alexandria University (Alexandria)

American University in Cairo

Cairo Television

Radio Cairo

Indian Embassy Cultural Centre (in Cairo). 

SOUTH AFRICA: 

(in Durban)

South African Writers Circle

University of Durban-Westville

M L Sultan College

SABC Radio 

University of Witswatersrand

SABC Radio (Johannesburg). 

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